{"id":32021,"date":"2010-10-05T10:33:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=32021"},"modified":"2010-10-05T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:34:08","slug":"international-walk-to-school-day-is-october-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/international-walk-to-school-day-is-october-6\/","title":{"rendered":"International Walk to School Day is October 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"International Walk to School Day is October 6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/international-walk-to-school-day-is-october-6\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32027\" title=\"walk to school day\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/walk-to-school-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>The Partnership for a Walkable America sponsored the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in Chicago in 1997. It was a simple day, designed to highlight the need to create communities that are walkable. The day was created, in part, on a similar concept celebrated in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, the second\u00a0 annual International Walk to School Day was celebrated by children and parents from all 50 states, in partnership with nearly 3 million walkers all around the world. The reasons for walking to school are as plentiful as the people who participate in the event. The focus can be cleaner air, <a title=\"Health Tip: Start Walking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/health-tip-start-walking\/\" target=\"_self\">better health<\/a> or safer streets, but Walk to School  \t\t\tDay events are aimed at bringing forth permanent change to encourage  \t\t\ta more walkable America.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2005, new legislation was passed to make it easier than ever for communities to fund programs that establish safe routes for walking to school.<\/p>\n<p>In a time that has seen rising <a title=\"Preventing Childhood Obesity\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/preventing-childhood-obesity\/\" target=\"_self\">obesity levels for our children<\/a>, and less participation in exercise than ever before, International Walk to School Day is a great time to begin a healthier habit. The weather has cooled off in most of the United States, and walking to school is great way to spend time with your children.<\/p>\n<p>Will you join families across the United States and walk to school today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Healthy Children\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/Children\/\" target=\"_self\">Healthy Children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Get Moving, Get Losing with Kids\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/get-moving-get-losing-with-kids\/\" target=\"_self\">Get Moving, Get Losing with Kids<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"September is national Childhood Obesity Month\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/september-is-national-childhood-obesity-awareness-month\/#more-30135\" target=\"_self\">September is National Childhood Obesity Month<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Partnership for a Walkable America sponsored the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in Chicago in 1997. It was a simple day, designed to highlight the need to create communities that are walkable. The day was created, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/international-walk-to-school-day-is-october-6\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1367],"tags":[314,3691,4794,4793,1061],"class_list":["post-32021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-health","tag-childhood-obesity","tag-children-fitness","tag-international-walk-to-school-day","tag-national-walk-our-children-to-school-day","tag-walking"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32021"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32026,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32021\/revisions\/32026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}